Need Flexible "Mortar" Suggestion for Faux Bricks
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Need Flexible "Mortar" Suggestion for Faux Bricks
We live in an airpark and our hangar is part of our house. Our goal has always been to have our hangar door disappear into the brick and siding when closed. We are working on the faux brick for the bottom 5' of the door. We have made faux bricks by cutting rectangles from Hardie Plank and painted them with an exterior latex. Why Hardie Plank? The door has a maximum of 2lbs per sq. ft. and we could not stay within that limit with think brick. We are in the process of mounting them now, and will then do a bit of faux painting to more closely match our other exterior brick. BUT, we need something to seal the brick seams so water doesn't get behind the bricks, and to also simulate mortar. We are looking for something flexible as the door sheathing does flex a bit when opening and closing the door, real mortar would probably crack and fall out.
Been thinking about using some type of Caulk in a gray or gray/brown, but with 1080 "bricks" to mortar that is alot of tubes! Anyone have any alternate ideas?
Been thinking about using some type of Caulk in a gray or gray/brown, but with 1080 "bricks" to mortar that is alot of tubes! Anyone have any alternate ideas?
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How are you sticking the bricks? Could you paint the door he color of the “mortar” then use enough adhesive that it will just squeeze enough to seal the edges, maybe tool them a little? Or do i this way then just cut in the mortar lines with paint?
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Thought about painting teh underlying aluminum sheeting something like the grout color, but hoping to have some fill so the shadowing in the sunlight looks similar to the real bricks adjacent to the faux. We are using F26 outdoor construction adhesive, and then to assure they do not come unstuck we are riveting to the aluminum with one 1/8" rivet. The rivet will get concealed when we do the accent painting on the base color on the bricks. The adhesive is quite expensive, so looking for alternatives.
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Look at Deck-O-Seal products. These are used in the expansion joints of swimming pools, which sounds like your application: keep water out and stay flexible.
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Vulkem 116 also stays soft and flexible and has a sand texture (like mortar). Quad and Solarseal are good but would ruin your "blocks" if you ever needed to replace or recaulk.
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You might use a non-skid floor paint in a grout like color. Or, add non-slip abrasive or sand to paint. You could go overboard with the grit for a more aggressive texture.
I'm wondering if you could do a stucco technique. Route grout lines into rigid foam panels. The faux paint them to look like brick to match the house.
If you are in the Orlando area (I was about to also say Southern CA but they don't have airparks) you might have people experienced in outdoor faux finishes. With all the theme parks there should be experience in the area.
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You cant say you live at an airpark and not tell us what is in your hangar. I'm an RV-6A.
I'm wondering if you could do a stucco technique. Route grout lines into rigid foam panels. The faux paint them to look like brick to match the house.
If you are in the Orlando area (I was about to also say Southern CA but they don't have airparks) you might have people experienced in outdoor faux finishes. With all the theme parks there should be experience in the area.
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You cant say you live at an airpark and not tell us what is in your hangar. I'm an RV-6A.